Chapter 498 Spreading Across the Country

This is of course the public opinion that the slave owners want. Just think of it as a large-scale role-playing game. When the economy is stagnant, some degree of catharsis is needed. With such a relaxed media environment, you can start from scratch. The process from nothing to something is often the most difficult.

A fanatical organization requires several steps. There is a German film called The Wave, which vividly shows how people naturally go from being independent and free individuals to becoming part of a movement that respects the collective will. Every ordinary person pursues the value orientation of being blessed by the collective will in the face of their own weaknesses.

The common uniforms create an atmosphere of no matter how rich or poor, and the common beliefs attract more people to join. In fact, it is not that difficult. Sheffield does not really want the United States to go on another path. Everything is very good now. His attitude towards the KKK is just like looking at toilet paper, just throw it away after wiping your butt, and just use these people to achieve his own goals.

As expected, the public opinion in China was divided into two camps around the KKK parade. One camp believed that it was just a normal rally, and although the clothes were a little special, it did not cause any damage to public security. The other camp was very wary of such parades, and loudly declared that the current situation was very dangerous, including the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

In the confrontation of public opinion, the KKK in New Orleans was like a spark, which served as a model for other regions. A single spark can start a prairie fire, and when a KKK-like parade appeared in Houston, the demonstration effect had already taken effect.

We just need to let the citizens know that this is a new trend, and they will follow it freely and independently. They don't need to know why. It doesn't matter whether they are educated or uneducated. The educated will rush to buy Shuanghuanglian, and the uneducated will rush to buy toilet paper. When a trend is started, everyone will join in involuntarily.

With the discussion, some people started to demonstrate, and there was a bandwagon effect. We would just have to wait and see how everything would work out. As for how big a disturbance it would cause, the slave owners would certainly be concerned about this, but it mainly depended on how enthusiastic the top leaders of the KKK were about it.

Of course, Sheffield could also provide some advice to these people, such as using it to make a profit. He remembered that the KKK was a very famous pyramid scheme in history. These members could earn four dollars out of the ten-dollar membership fee for every new member they recruited. At the beginning, after deducting the four dollars, the Southern Advertising Alliance gave two dollars out of the remaining six dollars to its superiors, then pocketed two and a half dollars, and then gave the remaining one and a half dollars to the regional manager.

Soon, the entire KKK accepted the four-dollar profit distribution system, and the pyramid scheme chain began to become longer. Their entire economic structure finally became very similar to the modern ultimate sales enterprise model.

Through this standard pyramid scheme, the KKK expanded to four million members in a short period of time. In addition, that period was when German communist ideas were sweeping the world, and the international environment also gave them an added advantage.

Sheffield promised to recruit the sales staff of the United Company into the KKK and let these sales staff help the KKK expand its strength. At the same time, he contacted textile factories to rush to produce white robes and crosses and sell these accessories for profit.

After new members join, the KKK does not allow them to make their own uniforms. Uniforms can only come from factories approved by the KKK. The production cost of uniforms is two dollars, and they sell them to members for six dollars at the beginning. Of course, it is not enough to just sell robes. The KKK will also find ways to get members to buy life insurance, dry cleaning services for uniforms, helmets, Bibles, swords, and even special candies with the KKK logo.

There is no doubt that these orders should have fallen into the hands of the United Company. Without the protection of Sheffield's years of support, these people would have disappeared long ago.

Newspapers supporting the Republican Party felt that they had seen the first level, and Sheffield had already reached the fifth level, using racism to cash in. Edith Rockefeller, who was beside him, heard this clearly through phone calls over the past few days and exclaimed, "How could you think of using them to build momentum for the Democratic Party and collect money from them?"

"What's wrong? Isn't their money in US dollars? Can't they spend it?" Sheffield asked a very philosophical rhetorical question, which left Edith Rockefeller speechless.

If killing people could make money, Edith Rockefeller had no doubt that Sheffield would create a killing factory in an instant. Of course, he was a senior German fan and had never been opposed to things like concentration camps. If the money was high, he would also shout "Long live the Führer".

Now the slave owner himself and the joint company are both very busy, working overtime to rush the orders. They must get the most profit in the shortest time, and it would be best if they could earn back all the campaign funds donated this time.

Sheffield's spitting and urging to speed up production made Edith Rockefeller feel unreal. She seemed to remember that her man was the biggest supporter of the Democratic Party. During the national election, shouldn't he be more pure? Even if he wanted to recover the profits, he had to wait until Alton Parker became president.

"In our country, even life has a price, from insurance to medical care, and even everything has a price, so dear, don't be surprised by anything." Sheffield hung up the phone and whistled with a satisfied look, "Your family entered the medical industry, and the Morgan family entered the insurance industry. Of course, it also promoted social progress, but it was mainly for money. So many people died in wars every year. Even if there was an accident in civilian mining, gunpowder would kill many people. Didn't my family and DuPont compete fiercely? This is all very normal."

"Of course I understand this. You are too honest. Others finally got a good package." Edith Rockefeller said with some blame, "Unlike you, you always talk about money for everything, and even if you do something, you can't get people to thank you."

"Do they need to thank me?" Sheffield pouted and asked, "How much is the thank you worth?"

There is no simple standard for this kind of thing. Sheffield hated Lincoln not because he freed the slaves, but because Lincoln freed his own slaves. In other words, it was robbery.

Although the New Yorkers he mentioned were eager to lick the Europeans' asses, if it were him, he would lick them even more enthusiastically than the New Yorkers, but now he has no chance to lick them. The construction of New Orleans was also based on the idea that it would be better to suck their blood than to let the Yankees suck their blood. In the final analysis, it was all for money.

New technology is only new technology when it is in our own hands, but it is immature when it is in the hands of our opponents. If I have it, it is real, but if you have it, it is just a gimmick.

Sheffield even took the opportunity to take Edith Rockefeller and their two children to the opera house to watch an opera about immigrants who had just arrived in the New World and the hard struggles of black people, who were all happy and getting along well with each other.

Even if he didn't read the newspaper recently, he knew that the KKK was gaining momentum day by day, because the various accessories manufactured by the United Company were very popular. Finally, in September, Sheffield witnessed a KKK parade in Chicago, and they finally entered the North.

The survey conducted by the Chicago Daily Times is very interesting. Seventy percent of the people expressed concern about the emergence of the KKK. They believed that this was not in line with the ideals of this country and was just a self-entertainment of a southern bumpkin.

The Chicago Daily Times is also conducting another investigation to find the mixed-race descendants of blacks and whites, so that they can come out and make a tearful accusation against the backward 3KKK. The newspaper also published statistics on the formation of families between whites and blacks, calling on the citizens of Chicago to treat these vulnerable groups well.

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Five days later, according to the report of the local sales network in Chicago, the sales of KKK videos and clothing increased sevenfold, and the official membership had expanded to 10,000. Whether in San Francisco and Los Angeles on the West Coast, New Orleans and Houston in the South, or Philadelphia and Boston on the East Coast, the KKK members were spreading like a virus.

When these KKK members held a rally, all you could see was a vast expanse of white, without a single color.

"Didn't they say that citizens of the United States don't wear masks? Now, aren't they happy wearing a white robe that only reveals the eyes?" The rallies of the KKK members became larger and larger, and finally entered the sight of mainstream newspapers. The KKK, with the bonus of a pyramid scheme network and the strong support of United Corporation, could no longer let public opinion turn a blind eye. It was only September, and in just two months, such a big momentum had appeared.

At this time, Sheffield kept contacting the conveners of each state by phone, asking them to be careful to prevent the occurrence of violent incidents. This advice was also very phased. For example, there was no need for warnings in the southern states, and no one would report it even if something happened. However, it was different in the northern states. This was not an environment where the South could cover the sky with one hand, and even if they had to pretend, they had to pretend until the election was over.

"Conley, the Yankee territory is different from ours." Sheffield said indifferently on the phone, "We can now achieve our goals through elections. We don't need to vent our emotions by smashing and looting like you did in the past. If there are violent cases at this time, it will not only be of no help, but will also give the Republicans an opportunity to discredit us. So please tell your friends in places like Illinois and Pennsylvania that it doesn't matter if they don't listen if they just talk but don't take action. We still have to talk even if they don't listen."

According to various polls, the Democratic Party has shown an evenly matched strength in this election. The KKK has grown like a snowball in a short period of time, which must have played a role. As for how big the role is and how long it will last, no one knows. He is just afraid of something going wrong. Before a big mistake happens, he must let this organization, which has been exposed to the sun, calm down.

(End of this chapter)